RE: Direct 6-Key Braille Input Software for QWERTY Keyboards
- From: Johannes Grib <johannesg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:00:52 +0200
Hello Kerneels,
Am playing with the idea using wxpython and the on_key_up event.
The idea is then to take the string and compare with a list with all possible
combanations e.g.
sdf,dfs,fds,fsd etc...
As a Braille display user I think 8 dot braille rather than or with an option
for 6 dot braille.?
Only snag, cannot get the on_key_up event to fire yet.
Might perhaps have better luck with c# but am hoping to port the code to NVDA.
HTH
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels Roos
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Subject: Fwd: Direct 6-Key Braille Input Software for QWERTY Keyboards
Hi list. I've posted this message to another list, but was thinking that
perhaps one of you guys have a solution as well. See below. By the way, the
word "Sjoe" is an Afrikaans exclamation commonly used in my country meaning
perhaps "goodness me" or "what an effort!" -- it's not cussing or anything!
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Subject: Direct 6-Key Braille Input Software for QWERTY Keyboards
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:19:33 +0200
From: Kerneels Roos <kerneels@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:kerneels@xxxxxxxxx>
To: National Accessibility Portal mailing list with topics focused on
accessibility for users with visual disabilities. <blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Good morning everyone,
Sjoe, I've looked all over the web now but I can't find something to do this
job that works and that is not for DOS. Does anyone perhaps know of a free
and/or open source program that would enable a person to directly input Braille
on a computer running Windows XP, with a standard qwerty keyboard? The program
should either produce ASCII Braille (.brf) or the newer unicode Braille (.brl)
files.
The idea is basically to do exactly what a Perkins brailler does but on a
computer with a normal keyboard. I've surfed the increasingly fragmented web
for quite some time but was unable to find something that works. It also
appears that not all qwerty keyboards can handle 6 key simmultaneous key
presses, but there are some that can do it. A solution of course would be to
allow for individual dot presses and then a sort of enter key to cause the
actual character to be printed.
Would anyone else on the list be interested in such a program? If so, what
features would you like to see in such a editor?
Regards,
Kerneels
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